Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) is Microsoft's support framework for server-side scripting. It lets you mix HTML with in-line scripting using JavaScript or VBScript and is fully compatible with Microsoft's ActiveX controls and components. Although you can use ASP to produce simple HTML pages, it is designed to tie your web pages into the data stored in databases on your own and other systems. ASP itself is not a scripting language -- it only provides the environment that processes your script.

In this area, we've provided you with links to the most complete resources on Microsoft Active Server Pages around. These links take you directly to specific areas in the Microsoft site - and who else would know Active Server Pages better than Microsoft.

• Maximizing the Performance of Your Active Server Pages
• Microsoft's Active Server Pages Support
• Microsoft Active Server Pages Frequently Asked Questions
• Active Server Pages (ASP)
  Understanding how the server side of your Web operation works is critical to your long-term success as a site builder. This site provides loads of information.
• ActiveServerPages.Com
  This site is packed with articles, book reviews, samples, and more. Check it out and see how you can make the most of Active Server Pages. The creators of this site went on to create the ASP Alliance.
  Note: These are not official Microsoft sites. However, the Microsoft site does link to these pages and recommends them as an alternative source of information.
• ASP Hole
  This site is intended to help the Active Server Pages professional locate ASP- and IIS-related resources quickly and efficiently.
  Note: This is not an official Microsoft site. However, the Microsoft site does link to this page and recommends it as an alternative source of information.
• 15 Seconds
  The 15 Seconds web site is a free resource for developers working with Microsoft Internet Solutions.
  Note: This is not an official Microsoft site.

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Active Server Pages (microsoft.public.inetserver.iis.activeserverpages)